Because
of this political intervention and consequent hiatus, an important (perhaps
the most important) chapter is still lacking in the standard history of modern
dance. In order to try and reinstate this missing link the PDP aims to assemble
a group of outstanding contemporary dancers and a team of internationally
acclaimed scholars representing the humanistic disciplines that relate directly
to the development of modern dance (and ballet) in Russia, Europe, America,
and Japan. Apart from the dance troupe (see separate page "Performance"),
the specialists will include (in alphabetical order):
- John E. Bowlt
(Director, IMRC, USC): Russian art of 1910s-20s
- Sharon Carnicke
(USC): Russian theater
- Mel Gordon (Univ
of California, Berkeley): Russian theater and performance
- Vyacheslav Invanov
(UCLA): Russian culture
- Mark Konecny
(IMRC, USC): Archives of Russian performance art
- Marcus Levitt
(USC): Russian literature and culture
- Jean-Claude
Marcadé (Institut de Recherche et díEtude sur les Nouvelles
Institutions et Sociètès, Paris): Russian avant-garde
- Olga Matich
(Univ of California, Berkeley): 20th century Russian culture
- Nicoletta Misler
(Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples; spring, 2003
Visiting Professor at USC): Russian art and dance
- Toshiharu Omuka
(Univ of Tsukuba, Japan): Early 20th century design
- Elizaveta Surits
(Institute of Art History, Moscow): 20th century Russian dance
- Karl Toepfer
(California State Univ., San Jos_): Modern European dance
- Yuri Tsivian
(Univ of Riga/Univ of Chicago): early Russian film
- Elisa Vaccarino
(Italian Radio and TV, Turin): Modern European dance
Advisory Committee:
Chair: Nicoletta Misler (Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples)
Members: Adele di Ruocco (Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples), Wendy
Salmond (Chapman University, Orange, Ca.), Lucia Tonini (Gabinetto Viessieux,
Florence), Elisa Vaccarino (Italian Radio and TV, Turin)
